(SS) Thomas v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARNOLD D. THOMAS, No. 2:18-cv-1903 DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner of Social Security1, 15 Defendant. 17 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for attorney’s fees pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”). (ECF No. 21.) Plaintiff brought this action seeking judicial review of a charged overpayment for Disability Insurance Benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. On March 24, 2020, the court granted plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, reversed the decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, and remanded this ////

24 1 Andrew Saul became the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration on June 17, 2019. See https://www.ssa.gov/agency/commissioner.html (last visited by the court on July 30, 2019). Accordingly, Andrew Saul is substituted in as the defendant in this action. See 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) (referring to the “Commissioner’s Answer”); 20 C.F.R. §…